From the DVD Shelf: Rushmore (1998)
Although I’m a huge fan of Wes Anderson, somehow I had only seen Rushmore — the film that broke him through to a larger audience — one single time. I saw it on VHS back in 1999 or 2000. I didn’t know a thing about Wes Anderson at the time, I just knew it wa
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Last spring I wrote about OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies, a French parody of the Sean Connery era James Bond films. I really liked the movie — I thought it was a spot-on Bond parody and very, very silly — and so I was very excited to watch the 2009 sequel: Rio Ne Repond [&
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews Shutter Island
And so we come at last to the final installment (for now, at least!) of my “Catching Up on 2010” series, in which I’ve been writing about all of the 2010 films that I watched in my very busy January attempt to catch up on as many of the 2010 films that I’d miss
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews Animal Kingdom
I noticed the small Australian crime drama, Animal Kingdom, on many critics’ 2010 Top 10 Lists, so I decided to track the film down myself to take a look. Whoa. I was not at all prepared for the level of terrible spirit-crushing oppression contained in this joyless look at a f
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews The Killer Inside Me
In The Killer Inside Me, Michael Winterbottom’s adaptation of the novel by Jim Thompson, Casey Affleck stars as Texas sheriff’s deputy Lou Ford. At first, he seems like the good-natured heroic main character of the film. “Around here, if you’re not a man an
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews The Ghost Writer
While I try not to let a filmmaker’s personal life interfere with my enjoyment of their work, I must admit that I didn’t exactly feel a burning desire to rush out and see the latest Roman Polanski film, 2010’s The Ghost Writer. However, while Mr. Polanski’s som
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews Greenberg
I was really captivated by The Squid and the Whale when I first saw it, and I think that first viewing made me interested for life in whatever future projects writer/director Noah Baumbach would undertake. I was bummed to have missed Greenberg when it was released to theatres last
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews The Fighter
When I first heard about The Fighter, I thought “here we go again, yet another boxing movie.” But then I realized that, though I could certainly list a TON of boxing movies, I haven’t actually seen that many of them. I’m not at all interested in the “
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews The King’s Speech
I really can’t believe how much I enjoyed director Tom Hooper’s new film The King’s Speech! I was a bit dubious going in. I’d heard that the film was good, but it looked like a classic “Oscar-bait” type of movie to me. You know: period setting,
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews The Kids Are All Right
In Lisa Cholodenko’s film The Kids Are All Right, we meet Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore), a loving lesbian couple who have been raising two kids together: Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson). Their lives aren’t perfect, but over-all it̵